Hydrocarbon-motor.



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No. 762,577. PATENTED JUNE 14; 1904.

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No.. 762,577. I PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

' L. GORDONNIER.

HYDROGARBON MOTOR.

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UNITED STAT-Es Patented June 14, 1904.

LON CORDONNIER, OF LILLE, FRANCE.

HYDROCARBON-NIOTOAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 762,577, dated June 14, 1904.

Application filed June 14, 1901.

T0 all when?, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON CORDONNIER, a citizen of the French Republic, and a resident of Lille, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-.Mo-

tors, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a hydrocarbon-motor without valves and in which the motive fluid is automatically distributed by the piston and the motor-shaft.

The invention consists of the construction and novel combination of parts fully described and claimed hereinafter'.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of the motor, the section being on a plane through the center line of the cylinder and at right angles with the motorshaft. Fig. 2 is a section on a plane through the motor-shaft, showing in elevation a carbureter connected to the bearing-opening. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a motor constructed in accordance with my invention and having a crank and two bearings. Fig. 4 is a partial section on line AHB of Fig. 2,` showing opening 12 closed.

Referring to the drawings, 1 isthe cylinder, made one with a tight casing 2 and provided at 3, Fig. l, with an exhaust-orifice and at 4 with an inlet connected by the passage 5 to the interior of the casing 2, provided with one or two bearings, as the case may be.

Movably arranged within the cylinder 1 is a piston 6, provided with a rib 7 and connected by a rod 8 to the crank 9, Figs. 1 and 2. The shaft is provided with a passage 11, and the casing 2 is provided with one or two bearings 14, with orifices 12. The hollow Serial No.` 64,563. KNO model.)

ted into the cylinder. Said gases strike the rib and pass upwardly, at the same time expelling the remaining burned gases through the opening 3. Then the piston moves upwardly. It closes the'openings 3 and 4 and compresses the gases within the upper part of the cylinder. At the same time the piston draws a fresh charge of mixture into the casing 2 through the passage 11 and the openings 12 and 13, said mixture coming from the carbureter. The piston arrives at the end of its upward stroke. and the communication between 12 and 13 will be intercepted during the entire downward stroke of the piston, and the same operation will be repeated. It will be seen that during the expansion of the gases-that is, during the downward stroke of the pistonwall orifices are closed. Then the piston is at the end of its downward stroke, the exhaust 3 and the inlet 4 will be opened successively. During the upward stroke of the piston the openings 4 and 3 are closed and the opening 12 is opened. It will be noted that the inlet 4 is but a small height above the piston when the latter is at the end of its stroke; but said opening is provided over a certain length of the periphery of the cylinder, whereby the piston is enabled to quickly close said opening. However, the latter is sufficiently high to prevent it from being obstructed when the piston is at the lowest point in its downward stroke. rIhe exhaust-opening 3 is arranged at a point just above the opening 4 and has a certain peripherical length. Then the piston moves upwardly, it has a tendency to expel through the opening 3 part of the gases contained in the cylinder; but at the same time it produces a vacuum within the casing 2 and has a tendency to force part of the gases from the cylinder into said easing. Therefore there will be no loss through the opening 3. The openings are arranged in such a manner that when there are gases forced out these can be but burned gases, as the upper edges of the openings 3 and 4 are located nearly at the same height.

The motor may be cooled by means of wings arranged on the cylinder and the explosionchamber or by means of a water-jacket. The

ignition may be produced by electricity, incandescence, or in any other suitable way.

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The movable parts of my improved motor are lubricated by means of oil contained in the lower part of the casing 2.

15 designates an opening' in the bottom of the casing 2 for emptying the latter, and 16 is a filling-opening or a suitable lubricating apparatus.

When one bearing only is employed, the transmission-pulley may be formed of the flywheel.

7*The igniter is arranged at the point marked l When in the construction shown in Fig. 3 the fly-wheels are arranged within the casing 2, the crank may be omitted, and said fly-wheels are keyed on the adjacent ends of the shaft made of two sections, said iiy-wheels being' connected by means of a suitable crank-pin. It is obvious that in the construction shown in Figs. l and 2 the iy-wheel may also be arranged within the casing 2.

The igniter may be arranged on an extension suitably secured to the explosion-chamber 18.

It is evident that other modifications and changes may be resorted to without departing' from the scope of the invention, and I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction herein shown and described.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a gas-engine, the combination with a casing having its lower end enlarged, said enlarged lower end being provided with a bearing projecting outwardly from one side thereof, and provided with an opening in communication with a source of explosive mixture, of a piston mounted in the upper portion of the casing, an inlet-port, an outlet-port, a shaft journaled in the said bearing, a crank on the inner end of the said shaft, and a rod pivotally connected to the said piston and crank, said shaft provided adjacent its inner end with a longitudinal passage, communicating with a transverse opening registering with the opening in the said bearing, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

LEON CORDONNIER.

Vitnesses:

I. CRITTON, C. NnsLA. 

